20 Minute Lay Down Plate....
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20 Minute Lay Down Plate....
Well...I got in a couple hours on the bike yesterday before the storms hit...get home and say to myself... what can I do to the bike today.... the most obvious thing was getting rid of the stand-up license plate holder.... so off it came....
Parts you'll need:
2 1/4 x 1" cap screws
2 1/4 x 1/2 cap screws
4 1/4 nylock nuts
2 5/16 x 1 1/4" bolts
2 5/16 nylock nuts
2 rubber gromets, about 1/2 inch wide, for bottom 1" screws
Washers to suit.....
Remove the plate holder from the bike (3 9/16 nuts above the brake light, easily accessible on the Fat Boy Lo, YMMV)
Set aside the perpendicular post for a later, non motorcycle project. With a heat gun and putty knife remove the bottom reflector. Clean up the goo with Goo Gone. Stick the holder in a vice and start clamping, I bent mine to approx. 30 degrees. Turn the holder around and using the existing holes as a pilot, drill through the holder (where the reflector had been). Using your license plate as a template, drill 2 new bottom holes approx 1/2" lower than the existing slots for the plate. This allows the plate to cover the now exposed 5/16 bolt heads. Debur the holes and assemble back on bike. The rubber grommets will go behind the plate as spacers when covering the exposed 5/16 bolts......poor man's lay down....
Parts you'll need:
2 1/4 x 1" cap screws
2 1/4 x 1/2 cap screws
4 1/4 nylock nuts
2 5/16 x 1 1/4" bolts
2 5/16 nylock nuts
2 rubber gromets, about 1/2 inch wide, for bottom 1" screws
Washers to suit.....
Remove the plate holder from the bike (3 9/16 nuts above the brake light, easily accessible on the Fat Boy Lo, YMMV)
Set aside the perpendicular post for a later, non motorcycle project. With a heat gun and putty knife remove the bottom reflector. Clean up the goo with Goo Gone. Stick the holder in a vice and start clamping, I bent mine to approx. 30 degrees. Turn the holder around and using the existing holes as a pilot, drill through the holder (where the reflector had been). Using your license plate as a template, drill 2 new bottom holes approx 1/2" lower than the existing slots for the plate. This allows the plate to cover the now exposed 5/16 bolt heads. Debur the holes and assemble back on bike. The rubber grommets will go behind the plate as spacers when covering the exposed 5/16 bolts......poor man's lay down....
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